Love’s Change of Heart novel Chapter 248
Zoe looked at her and felt something was fishy. If she guessed it right, that b*stard must have taken advantage of Leanna again.
Soon, the delivery Leanna ordered arrived.
When Leanna exited the shower, Zoe just started eating and asked, "Do you want some, Nana?"
"Nope. It's all for you." She dried her hair as she walked to her room, but suddenly thought of something and turned around to sit on the couch. "Zoe, have you heard about the class reunion?"
She replied, "Yea. I think it was Maya who organized it. She probably wants to show off her husband who works as an executive. We don't need to go."
Leanna nodded. "Okay."
When she returned to her room, she sent a message to Elijah telling him that she and Zoe would not be attending the reunion.
Then, he called her soon after.
He warmly asked her, "Leanna, are you back in Highside?"
"Yeah. I got back yesterday."
"If you've got nothing this weekend, I've got two tickets for a Broadway show. Let's watch it."
"Elijah." She pressed her lips together before rejecting. "I don't like watching broadway shows. You should watch it with someone else."
On the other end of the phone, he was quiet for a few seconds then insisted, "It's okay if you don't like Broadway shows. We can watch something else. There are a few nice movies that just premiered. We—"
"It's okay." Leanna continued. "I'm really grateful to you for helping me, but I'm sorry. I think I have to be clear with you—"
Elijah interrupted her. "Leanna, I know what you're going to say. You don't need to feel sorry for me. Everything is of my own accord. I just hope that you'll give me a chance and not decide so fast."
She looked out the window. "The problem is with me. I probably will never…"
"If you decide to get back together with Aidan, then I will give you my best wishes. However, I will never give up before that happens."
"Elijah…" Leanna didn't know what else to say.
He then continued, "Don't feel pressured, Leanna. I just want to fight for my happiness. I let it slip past my fingers a few years ago and I don't want that mistake to repeat itself."
After hanging up the phone, she sat on the bed pondering.
Soon, her phone rang. It was Louis asking if she had returned home.
After he moved out of Daniel's house, he was still staying in the same apartment, but in a different unit.
Leanna answered him, "I'm back."
Then, she asked, "Where did you go? Did you just get back?"
He took his time to answer, "Daphne came looking for you at the studio."
"Then?"
"I saw that you were sleeping, so I went out to eat with her."
A smile flashed across her face. "Is that so?"
Then, he explained, "Didn't you say that she suffered a huge loss because of me? So, I had to thank her."
She encouraged him, "Yes. I did say that. You did a good job."
He didn't say anything else.
So, Leanna bid goodnight. "Alright. It's late. You should rest."
However, Louis had questions. "Aidan came looking for you, didn't he?"
"How did you know?"
"I guessed it."
She scraped her nose with her fingers and tried to explain, "He was here to hand me something."
Luckily, Louis didn't interrogate further and just acknowledged it and hung up.
Hearing the beeping sounds from the phone, she let out a long breath.
She hugged the pillow and lay on her stomach gazing to the front as her mind was in scrambles.
…
There were a few orders from customers that needed to be completed before the new year. Leanna quickly composed herself and threw herself back into work.
Instead of letting the past hold her back, she would rather take the two days spent in Underwood Lane as a beautiful memory.
In the afternoon, Zoe went out for a shoot while Louis delivered the complete product to customers. So, Leanna was left in the office to clean things up.
At that moment, a sharp female voice came from behind her. "Here I was thinking how busy you could be to not even trend the reunion. There's no one here at all."
Leanna didn't need to turn around to know who it was.
Maya crossed her arms in front of her chest and scanned the studio before looking at Leanna as she commented unhappily, "Are you looking down at me or the other old classmates?"
Leanna looked at her and smiled politely. "You already have the answer. Why even ask?"
"You—" Maya wanted to lash out, but controlled herself. "Fine. I'm not here for that. Understandably, you're under a lot of stress since you just divorced and opened up a studio. It's normal that you didn't want to go to the reunion."
She replied, "You're right. My small studio isn't making any money and usually, there are no customers. Since you came all the way here today, you're doing it for my business, right?"
Maya crossed her arms and arrogantly raised her chin. "Of course. Even if you don't care for old times' sake, I do."
"Sure. I'll say my thanks first." There was a glint in Leanna's eyes. "I only accept customizations now. The design fee starts at 10,000, not including the material and labor costs. For someone like you, only the finest quality jewelry would suit you. I have just the perfect one to make a pair of earrings. The market price for that is 30,000. Since you've so kindly come to visit my small business, I'll waive the labor cost and give you an additional discount. The total is 38,000. How does that sound?"
When Maya heard that the design fee was at least 10,000, her face already turned pale.
Then as Leanna told Maya the final price, she could not hold it in anymore. "Are you crazy, Leanna? What s*it would cost 10,000? Even if I buy it somewhere else—"
Leanna laughed. "I've got no choice. That's just how my studio works. Even though not many customers come, an order can help me pay off the rent."
However, Maya continued to look for an escape. "How would I know that you didn't raise the price willy-nilly? It's not uncommon for people to leech off their acquaintances."
"You can rest assured that I will not take a penny more than necessary. You know who Daphne is right? She's our old customer. Besides that, we've got many celebrities ordering from us including—"
"Okay. Okay." Maya could not let her continue and needed to find a different excuse. "My husband doesn't like me wearing earrings. Do you have something else?"
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